Okay, these two types of respiration occur in the body, during exercise. Aerobic respiration needs oxygen (to release energy from glucose) but anaerobic does not, thus producing an oxygen debt.
Alright, its equation time!

Aerobic Respiration Glucose + Oxygen --> Carbon dioxide + Water + Released Energy
C6H6O6 + 6O2 --> 6CO2 + 6H20 + Energy Released
>The energy released in aerobic respiration will always be more than the energy released in anaerobic respiration because this reaction is more efficient.

Anaerobic Respiration Glucose--> Energy + Lactic Acid
>Both reactions occurs in the mitochondria (this is an organelle of a cell) but in anaerobic respiration the lactic acid produced comes because of the lack of oxygen. Sounds cool huh? But there's just one problem...it's painful and it causes muscle fatigue! So how can we get it out of the body?!

>We are going to need more oxygen to get into the body via the bloodstream which will produce the more harmless carbon dioxide + water that you will be familiar with from the aerobic respiration equation.

>By breathing deeper and longer after exercise, we can get more oxygen into the body.

*Symbols are important too- learn how to balance the equations, too!

	Created by esekanayo about 9 years ago

GCSE Science Additional Note on Biology- Anaerobic and Aerobic Respiration, created by esekanayo on 03/03/2015.